ACCELERAID events and conferences on banking AI
Events & Podcast

Where decisions
get made.

We show up where European banking and financial services leaders are — at the top conferences, in our own event series, and in your office for a working session.

Our own event formats

Practitioner-focused executive events and digital conferences — where banking leaders, AI innovators and regulators discuss what actually works.

The Future of AI & Big Data Analytics — ACCELERAID Annual Conference
Annual Digital Conference

The Future of AI & Big Data Analytics

Our flagship annual conference on applied AI, big data and customer intelligence. Past editions featured speakers from IBM, SAP, Google Cloud, Lufthansa Industry Solutions, BMW, the German Bundestag and many more.

The Future of Financial Services 2022 — ACCELERAID Executive Conference Frankfurt
Executive Conference

The Future of Financial Services

High-level executive gathering on the digital transformation of banking and financial services. Past editions featured speakers from N26, Deutsche Bank, Advanzia Bank, Comeco, VR Payment, Roland Berger and Bain — held at Steigenberger Frankfurter Hof, Frankfurt.

The Future of Credit Cards & Payments 2022 — Executive Dinner Zürich
Executive Dinner

The Future of Credit Cards & Payments

Invitation-only executive dinner for card issuers and payment leaders. Past edition in Zürich featured a fireside chat with Roland Ludwig (CEO, Advanzia Bank) and Dr. Thomas Christen (Swisscard) on hyper-personalisation and payment data intelligence.

The Future of Retail Banking 2022 — ACCELERAID Executive Event Frankfurt
Executive Event

The Future of Retail Banking

Executive event for retail banking leaders on embedded finance, open banking and AI-driven customer lifecycle management — focused on how established banks compete with digital challengers.

The Future of FinTechs & InsureTechs 2022 — Executive Dinner Berlin
Executive Dinner

The Future of FinTechs & InsureTechs

Invitation-only dinner for fintech and insurtech leaders on neobank strategies, embedded insurance and what comes after the challenger bank era. Small-group closed roundtable format, Berlin.

ACCELERAID NOAH Aftershow Networking — Iris Bar, Hyatt Regency The Circle, Zürich 2023
Networking Event · Past

NOAH Aftershow Networking Zürich

Exclusive aftershow networking event hosted by ACCELERAID during the NOAH Conference — Iris Bar, Hyatt Regency The Circle, Zürich. December 2023.

14 December 2023 · Zürich, Switzerland
Banking & Credit Card Round Table 2024 — ACCELERAID Berlin Kreuzberg
Round Table

Banking & Credit Card Round Table

Interactive half-day session for banking and credit card executives — covering Card-as-a-Service, fraud prevention, identity management, digital sales and AI. Last edition: November 2024, Spielfeld Digital Hub, Berlin Kreuzberg.

Interested in attending, speaking or hosting a future edition? Contact us at events@acceleraid.ai

Where to find ACCELERAID in 2026

From Davos to Hamburg — we participate, speak and exhibit at Europe's most important banking, fintech and technology conferences.

WEF
World Economic Forum
Davos, Switzerland · January

As a WEF Technology Pioneer, ACCELERAID participates in the annual meeting in Davos — connecting with global financial leaders, regulators and policymakers at the highest level.

OMR
OMR Festival
Hamburg, Germany · May

Europe's largest marketing and digital business festival. ACCELERAID is present at OMR — connecting with marketing leaders, CDOs and digital heads from financial services and beyond.

DMX
DMEXCO
Cologne, Germany · September

Europe's leading conference for digital marketing and tech. We participate in DMEXCO to engage with CMOs, data leaders and platform decision-makers from major European companies.

M2020
Money20/20 Europe
Amsterdam, Netherlands · 2–4 June 2026

Europe's most important fintech and payments event. ACCELERAID is present at Money20/20 Amsterdam — connecting with card issuers, payment networks, open banking players and digital banking executives.

MC
Mastercard Fintech Summit
Europe

ACCELERAID is an active participant in the Mastercard Fintech Summit — engaging with card issuers, acquiring banks and payment innovators on the future of card personalisation and data-driven loyalty.

FAZ
FAZ Europa-Gipfel
Frankfurt, Germany

The FAZ Europa-Gipfel brings together top executives, politicians and economists. ACCELERAID participates as a voice on AI regulation, data sovereignty and the future of European financial services.

WT
Wirtschaftstag Berlin
Berlin, Germany

One of Germany's most important gatherings of business leaders. ACCELERAID engages with decision-makers on the intersection of digital transformation, AI policy and enterprise innovation in financial services.

KI
BV
KI Bundesverband
Arbeitsgruppe Banking & Finance

ACCELERAID leitet die Arbeitsgruppe Banking & Finance beim KI Bundesverband — dem führenden Verband der deutschen KI-Wirtschaft. Gemeinsam mit Banken, Regulatoren und KI-Unternehmen gestalten wir den regulatorischen und technologischen Rahmen für KI im deutschen und europäischen Finanzsektor.

Working Group Lead
Also present at
Banking Innovation Summit Digital Finance Forum Finovate Europe Gartner Data & Analytics Summit Sparkassen-Finanzgruppe Events BVR Bankenkonferenz EBA Banking Stakeholder Forum InsureTech Connect Europe Handelsblatt Banken-Gipfel CDO Summit Europe

Webinars & online sessions

Focused 60-minute sessions on AI, personalisation and data strategy for banking teams — live and on demand.

Future of AI #4 · 2026

AI Assistants in Banking — Without Compliance Risk

How to deploy AI assistants in regulated banking environments safely: PII filtering, governed LLM access, audit trails and practical use cases for customer service and employee productivity.

Webinar · 2021

Up- & Cross-Selling with Existing Customers

How to automate existing customer sales with AI and increase revenue potential — compliant with data privacy regulations and scalable across all channels.

Recording available on request
Webinar · 2021

Conversion Increase on Autopilot

How to improve conversion rates with AI-based personalisation along the entire customer lifecycle — from landing page to customer portal and mobile banking app.

Recording available on request
Webinar · 2021

AI in Sales: Status Quo & Outlook

What is already working today and what is still ahead? A practical review of AI in banking sales with real success stories and use cases from European financial institutions.

Recording available on request
Webinar · 2021

How to Use Big Data Intelligently

How to use customer data more efficiently to address customers personally, individually and automatically — with GDPR-compliant data management and AI-powered decision logic.

Recording available on request
Coming Soon

Future of AI #5

Our next webinar in the Future of AI series — topic and date to be announced. Subscribe to be notified when registration opens.

Book chapters by Michael Altendorf

Peer-reviewed contributions to leading German-language handbooks on AI, banking transformation and customer intelligence.

Springer Gabler · 2025

Personalisiertes Up- und Cross-Selling mit KI

in: Customer Intelligence — Strategien und Use Cases zur Nutzung von Kundendaten · Kapitel 20, S. 441–470

Hyperpersonalisierung durch KI revolutioniert das Up- und Cross-Selling im digitalen Marketing. Der Beitrag zeigt moderne Methoden wie kollaboratives Filtern, Deep Learning und Reinforcement Learning — mit Praxisbeispielen aus Banking, Telekommunikation, E-Commerce und Versicherungen.

Co-Author: Isabell Gollmer (Acceleraid)
Frankfurt School Verlag · 2026

KI am Front-End: Von regelbasierten Chatbots zu intelligenten KI-Agenten

in: Digitale Dimensionen in der Finanzbranche — Intelligence, Resilience, Simplicity

Der Beitrag analysiert die Evolution von regelbasierten Systemen hin zu autonomen KI-Agenten im Finanz-Frontend — mit konkreten Anwendungen für Banking, Versicherungen und digitale Kundeninteraktion. Eingebettet in den Kontext von EU AI Act, DORA und europäischer Datensouveränität.

Herausgeber: Marcus W. Mosen · Jürgen Moormann · Frankfurt School Verlag, 536 S.

The United States of Europe

Hosted by Michael Altendorf (CEO, ACCELERAID) and Martin Kälble — conversations on the future of Europe: AI, deep tech, defence, EU sovereignty, financial services and what it takes to build companies that matter on the global stage.

AI & Deep Tech EU Sovereignty Defence Financial Services European Policy Entrepreneurship

Guests include senior executives, regulators, founders, investors and policymakers shaping the future of Europe. Available on all major podcast platforms.

The United States of Europe Podcast by ACCELERAID — Michael Altendorf

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